"'A Journey to Hope: a Research Workshop to Launch the John Templeton Foundations's Program to Encourage the Scientific Study of Forgiveness,' held at Hope College in Holland, Michigan"--P. ix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The ethos of Christian forgiveness / Martin E. Marty -- The elements of forgiveness : a Jewish approach / Elliot N. Dorff -- Forgiveness as a method of religious coping / Kenneth I. Pargament and Mark S. Rye -- The victim role, grudge theory, and two dimensions of forgiveness / Roy F. Baumeister, Julie Juola Exline, and Kristin L. Sommer -- The pyramid model of forgiveness : some interdisciplinary speculations about unforgiveness and the promotion of forgiveness / Everett L. Worthington, Jr. -- Researching the process model of forgiveness within psychological interventions / Robert D. Enright and Catherine T. Coyle -- Science and forgiveness interventions : reflections and recommendations / Carl E. Thoresen, Frederic Luskin, and Alex H. S. Harris -- An annotated bibliography of research on forgiveness and related concepts / Michael E. McCullough, Julie Juola Exline, and Roy F. Baumeister -- Empirical research in forgiveness : looking backward, looking forward / Everett L. Worthington, Jr. -- Stations on the journey from forgiveness to hope / Lewis B. Smedes.